Rhodiola rosea has long been known as a potent adaptogen. Adaptogens are natural plant substances that increase the body’s non-specific resistance and normalise the functions of the body. When a stressful situation occurs, consuming adaptogens generates a degree of generalised adaptation (or non-specific resistance) that allows our physiology to … [Read more...]

Dong Chong Xia Cao translated into English is Winter worm, summer grass. The ascomycete fungus cordyceps literally starts its life as a worm in the winter and becomes a plant (mushroom) in the summer. Well the Cordyceps is certainly a monstrous parasitoid that crouches and hides and then attacks its poor unsuspecting host insect. Though this fungus … [Read more...]

Ashwagandha, also known as winter cherry or Indian ginseng, is used worldwide for medicinal purposes and can benefit our health and sense of well being dramatically. In the medical terms - this herb works as an adaptogen. Adaptogenic herbs bring the body into balance, or homeostasis and this one is especially beneficial for men.
Numerous studies … [Read more...]

Do you want to have more energy, increased productivity, and a long life? There are very real paths to achieve all of these things in our lives, by cultivating our bodies into radiant health through the practice of tonic herbalism. The use of certain herbs to achieve vitality is thousands of years old, and has been developed by people across the … [Read more...]

Adaptogenic herbs are herbs that improve the human body’s capacity to deal with stress and other kinds of changing circumstances. The consumption of said adaptogenic herbs has been highly popular in certain parts of the world, such as Asia, for decades and decades already.
As far back as the 1940s, scientists in the West started to research … [Read more...]